Author Dan Brown is known for storylines that delve into myth and conspiracy theories. His new book — The Secret of Secrets — tackles the ultimate mystery: human consciousness. Robert Langdon is back ...

LAST month, two new books on consciousness added to the growing pile of literature on this contentious and difficult subject. One claims to give us a “new view of what makes us who we are”; the other ...

Do trees have minds? A friend posed this question during one of the high school afternoons we habitually spent—no doubt with too much time on our hands—engaging in amateur philosophical banter. It ...

Drawing on decades of clinical experience, The Splendor and Dangerousness of Homo Sapiens: A Psychological Perspective ...

New book from Oaklea Connects the AI Consciousness Debate to the “central mystery of mind” & cites evidence consciousness may be a fundamental aspect of reality This is not a rejection of science.

Book of the Day: Few books in modern psychology have provoked as much fascination and controversy as The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes. First ...

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Books about consciousness don’t come any more radical (or with a longer title) than The Elephant and the Blind: The experience of pure consciousness – philosophy, science, and 500+ experiential ...

Consciousness remains science’s most stubborn mystery despite decades of progress. Michael Pollan examines its limits through neuroscience, philosophy, and lived experience, moving from brain mapping ...

People have long pondered what consciousness actually is. Consciousness seems very different from other biological functions—like some sort of nonmaterial essence within our heads. Thoughts and ...